Taking the law into your own hands - not always a good idea

This sounds like it was taken directly from a Looney Tunes script. I'm surprised Bugs, Daffy and Elmer weren't at the scene, arguing over whether it was duck or rabbit season.

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BRAMPTON -- A father-and-son posse seeking revenge for an alleged robbery ended with the father being shot twice by their quarry and once accidentally by his son.

The robbery suspect was also stabbed during a confusing and violent vendetta gone awry about 8:40 a.m. yesterday on Chamney Ct. near Kennedy Rd. and Steeles Ave.

All three are charged.

Peel Regional police Const. Kathy Weylie said one man had tried to rob the teenager at his Brampton home but failed to get anything.

The teen told his father about the robbery attempt, and the pair of vigilantes, reportedly armed with knives, went to Chamney Ct. seeking the would-be thief, Weylie said.

"The two go to find the suspect and confront him over the alleged robbery, armed with knives," Weylie said, adding they all knew each other.

"They get into an altercation with (the suspect), who shoots the father in the face and the shoulder," she said. "In spite of being shot, he is able to disarm the man.
"He is then joined by his son who allegedly picked up the gun," she said.

"In the melee, (the teen) mistakenly shoots his dad in the leg. So the father now has three gunshot wounds, but the father is still able to allegedly stab the suspect."